Every day, all day, I have to lie to clients at work and tell them I’m good. I’m far from good and lying about it constantly is killing me.

I’m incredibly lonely and almost everything I usually enjoy feels like a goddamn chore.

Anyone else here feel like that? If so, how do y’all cope?

  • @[email protected]
    link
    fedilink
    English
    21
    edit-2
    1 month ago

    No one really wants an accurate answer. It’s just a greeting. Someone says ‘how are you?’ you say ‘grand’ then get on with your day. Same as when someone says ‘what’s happening?’ They don’t want a comprehensive list of your woes and such.

    Edit: just found this - https://lemmy.world/post/25032324

    • @[email protected]OP
      link
      fedilink
      171 month ago

      Well obviously, but I know that I’m lying and it just reminds me of how I’m shitty like 90% of days.

      • @[email protected]
        link
        fedilink
        171 month ago

        Then say something different. Same shit different day, surviving for now, whatever. They’ll shrug it off and move on. We all do it. My mom used to say, “it’s a good day. I woke up on the right side of the dirt.”

      • @[email protected]
        link
        fedilink
        11 month ago

        It’s impossible to be 100% honest all the time if you want to live in the western culture. It would cause so many problems. You would be seen as someone strange, even though you are the normal one for expressing your honest emotions.

        In a mad world, being sane is seen as being mad.

    • @[email protected]
      link
      fedilink
      English
      91 month ago

      If it’s a greeting, then just greet me. “Hey!”, “Good morning”, etc. Don’t ask me a question you don’t want an answer to.